What will Vincent "Big Pussy" Pastore's next move be now that his character was killed off in the Sopranos season finale? He's coming to Hoboken. Well, technically he's already been to Hoboken, but one of the first projects he tackled after shooting his death scene for the popular HBO series was Red Squares, a movie shot in Hoboken, New York and Moscow. The director is Hoboken native Robert Capelli. "I met Bobby at a play and we became friends," said Pastore. "I come to Hoboken a lot." Capelli's last project, Rules for Men, also was shot in Hoboken. Rules will come to theaters in September. Like the Sopranos, Red Squares takes Mafia life as an inspiration, comparing American Italian Mafiosi to their Russian counterparts. "My partner, Sergey Konenkov, and I were talking about doing a movie," said Capelli. "He knew the Russian part." And Capelli knew the Italian part. He's directing and starring in the film, and has hired Danny Aiello and Mayor Anthony Russo, two of Hoboken's favorite Italian actors, to round out his American Mafia posse. Comedian Artie Shaw, a regular on ABC's "Norm," will play Capelli's brother. Other local folks in the film include school teacher Margo Singaliese, who has appeared in plays in New York, and 12-year-old David Orefice. Capelli shot the Hoboken portion of the movie earlier this month at various locations around town. The Current caught up with Capelli at Eighth and Jackson streets as he filmed a pivotal scene with Shaw and Pastore. "Everybody here talks English," said Capelli, reflecting on the difference between filming here and in Moscow. "We had a Russian crew with 50 people when we shot in Red Square, and only two translators." Then again, fallen Communism has its advantages. "Over there, there are no rules," said Capelli. "I can't really blow up a train for a scene here, and I did over there." Capelli, who is a member of the Mayor's Office of Film and Television, found a way to reap the benefits of Hoboken without any explosions. When he was ready to cast Red Squares, he thought of a mutual friend from Union, N.J. with a Hoboken connection: Lange. "My sister Stacey has lived in Hoboken for 10 years," said Lange. "She met Bobby [Capelli], and that's how I know him." So how does one get a network television star to appear in their movie. "You just basically have to ask," said Lange, who joked he took the part because he gets to keep the clothes, head to toe white ensembles and all. "I've done a few movies, and I know what I can do. If I had to play an English lawyer, I might be in trouble." Lange, who most recently appeared on screen as a villain in the Ben Stiller/Greg Kinnear superhero spoof Mystery Men, said he liked Capelli's script because it was funny. For Pastore, coming back to Hoboken to work had special meaning. His first movie, Backstreet Dreams, was filmed here several years ago. And filming the Sopranos took him to several local hotspots: the pork store in Kearny and the Weehawken waterfront, to name two. By now, Pastore has headed off to work with John Favreau and Vince Vaughn, Shaw is touring the nation's colleges doing his comedy routine, and Capelli has taken his production to New York, where notorious names like Jackie "The Jokeman" Martling will turn in their performances for the film. But for a week or so in April, it was homecoming for Capelli, with a reasonably bright spotlight on this little corner of the world.